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hj70ft
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 Posted - 03/15/2010 : 09:00:58
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So it's a good idea for interested parties to get together and try to set some direction for the year regarding club actions, etc...
When: I'm going to take a shot at a meeting date and hope it sticks. If enough no's come in then we'll look to do something else.
Monday March 22nd - 7:00PM.
Where: I know some desires were for location where various DG style games could be played. I can promise only outdoor available putting space.
Ben Douglas's House: 3281 Turquois Way, Normal IL
Agenda Items:
1. Treasury Report: Would like Sam Ball to attend and report.
2. Bag Tag & Club Memberships: What are we doing this year and who's going to run with the ball.
3. Community programs and outreach: Paul would like to discuss some items, so it would be good if he's able to attend.
4. Course Status: What would we like to see done this year on the current courses, how do we get that accomplished. Do we have any desires to pursue new course development this year?
5. Events: Will we be running anything beyond the BN Open, either sanctioned or not?
6. Fund Raising / Club Stock: Do we have the maturity to pursue a club stock of plastic and make sales to club and non-club members available. What would this process look like, stock owner, etc...
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Needed from you all...
1. Agenda items as updates or additions to what I have above.
2. Whether you desire to attend. I will need to limit attendance based on space, but need to know how many desire to attend first.
Ben Douglas
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cyclinsam
Average Member
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Posted - 03/15/2010 : 19:17:17
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I can attend. Would also like an agenda item of how we can raise some funds for the club.
Sam |
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Dwiggy444
Moderator
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Posted - 03/16/2010 : 06:47:14
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I'll try to be there too.
The "minutes" from our last club meeting (http://www.bndisc.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=640 might be a good place to look for agenda items. A lot of ideas were tossed around and some plans were made, so I'd like to hear status on that stuff. |
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macnagle
Moderator
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Posted - 03/17/2010 : 05:59:37
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macnagle
Moderator
897 Posts |
Posted - 03/17/2010 : 06:00:48
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I will not be able to attend but I can provide some details for a club stock of discs. For such purposes we can get discs from Innova at these prices:
DX = $4.40
Pro = $6.25
Champion = $8
Star = $9.
+ shipping
Those rates apply for an order of 25 to 100 regular stamped discs. It would drop a bit if we ordered more than 100. Custom stamps are more.
With club funds almost nonexistent I could continue having club stuff billed to my card (within reason) and handle inventory, sales, etc. I would say at this time we are not in a great position to delve too deeply into disc sales. Not sure of rates for Discraft, Gateway, etc.
I am also drafting a detailed plan for Maxwell improvements and expansion that includes ideas from Dave and Dwight. I should be done with that by Monday. Same goes for ideas for Paul's clinics/community program/outreach. I can email those documents to a few folks in advance of the meeting.
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Growing our membership (with annual dues) will be essential to raising funds, getting course work done, getting any new courses, doing community outreach/clinics, hosting more tournaments (or a bigger BN Open), running leagues, organizing bag tag, etc. We are stretched too thin at our current membership level.
I think the PFC has well over 100 members. How many club members do we have? |
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J-man
Average Member
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Posted - 03/17/2010 : 08:52:12
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I will be there! I'm very interested in helping with the planning process.
When you are searching for a lost disc may you find two.
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majorsick
Average Member
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Posted - 03/19/2010 : 05:29:00
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I unfortunately will not be able to attend. I have started a thread with some ideas to improve PJ, that could potentially be discussed at the meeting. Jman and I were throwing some ideas out last weekend during a round at PJ.
If we can hit that bull's-eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards...Checkmate.
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Paul Kenny
Starting Member
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Posted - 03/21/2010 : 11:57:05
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I will be present at the club meeting, with lots of ideas and positive vibes! Hope to see you there.
Paul Kenny |
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DaveO
Moderator
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Posted - 03/22/2010 : 17:16:21
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I won't be able to make it. Sorry.
Dear Disc,
Please go where I want you to go, Not where I threw you.
Sincerely,
DaveO
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cyclinsam
Average Member
680 Posts |
Posted - 03/22/2010 : 19:33:21
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Sorry I didn't make the meeting. Son Sam wants to take his GF to Kansas with us on spring break and I had to meet her parental units. I wore my Grateful Dead tee shirt and the Kiss Me I'm Irish tie as a bandana. Do you think I made a good first impression?
haha
I definitely want to be involved with the scool programs and in the kids or old folks league. Just let me know what you need me to do.
Disc Golf is CQQL and we need to spread the word.
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hj70ft
Administrator
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Posted - 03/23/2010 : 05:44:17
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Meeting Notes:
Attendance: ...a bit sparse...Rob, Paul, Ben.
Topics Covered:
1. Treasury Report - Covered current financial state provided by Sam. The club has roughly $700 right now. Rob did shed some light on financial assistance. For the BN Open last year the club recieved $200.00 from the PFC. In return the PFC was the exclusive merchandiser of the event, taking home all profit from sales. This doesn't mean BNDGC has no obligation to sponsor PFC events, it simply helps us to understand the current status of club relationships. Until such time the BNDGC has an effective revenue stream, we can hopefully rely upon PFC to merch events knowing they can derive profit from the arrangement.
2. Bag Tag & Club Memberships
- These are technically two seperate items unless we can offer something to members beyond having the tag itself. (Such as discounts on plastic.)
- If someone locally wants to run with bag tags this year that will be acceptable. Rob, Ben, and Paul plan to dedicate time to other pursuits this season so someone would need to run with these like the previous years. This process would include sourcing tags, bringing a quote to club leadership, and then getting the funds allocated for a purchase. Roughly this should involve a <= $5.00 tag fee and then some additional value spread between a payback event at the end of the season and money to the club.
- Official membership on the other hand should ultimately come with some bonus that can be provided to the member. Be it discounted plastic or some other benefit. In the past we were able to secure 10% off at Alamo II as something to offer. See below Ben's desire to get the club off the ground with a club stock.
3. Paul discussed the EDGE program and other ideas he has to bring BNDGC to the community. He shared some of the guides available and the types of kits that can be sold to these organizations to help them provide a gym class unit on DG. With us as initial teachers of the events.
- We batted around ideas such as SF day camp maybe being an option. (Both parents and children.)
- Scouts and related outdoor clubs.
- Schools up to high school level.
- Church groups, etc...
More details to follow as Paul looks to get this off the ground and begins asking for help to run events.
4. We discussed the current laundry list of things people would like to see done on the courses. To a degree this will take the dedication of those that would really like to see something done. Dan has provided a great start for Maxwell and hopefully Jack and others can take up that piece of documentation and get it in front of the right people.
- As it sits now we discussed the need for the club to have a revenue stream. Should a parks department agree to enhancements, they may indicate we'd have to bring the money to the table, especially if we want it done sooner rather than later. In this event how are we going to fund the improvements?
- Traditionally then the process of putting together fund raisers goes into effect. Note Rob's current work effort to fund cement pads for McNaughton and then Morton. Both projects approved by parks departments for those cities, but not funded by them in any way.
5. Events - Were not discussed during the meeting. It is our hope that an Ace Race is run again this year and that profits will be derived for the club.
6. Fund Raising / Club Stock
- Ben indicated a desire to make this his year's project. Figure out a way to position the club to make an initial stock purchase and sell plastic to benefit the club. Profits would then be used for various projects including, course improvements, portable hardware purchases, etc...
- Primary idea at this time is to potentially solicit interested parties to buy-in to a club stock purchase.
5 people @ $200 each or 10 people @ $100 each = $1000
Purchase plastic at prices indicated available by Dan Nagle amounting to roughly 125 discs. Drive those profits towards a specific number, say $3000 in buying power and then begin repaying the buy-in group. Once the process is complete then future profits would either go to club projects or further buying power for a disc stock.
- No doubt this process will take some time and effort to get completely off the ground, but it may be the best way to develop a long term solution to a revenue stream.
- Getting involved in this process will also open up CFR sales where custom hot stamps are an option should we settle on a club stamp of some kind. So the idea of getting a new course of some kind might be a process more akin to the quality of work done by Springfield for their new Lincoln course.
Ben Douglas
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